The Nation Newspaper JUST IN: Tension as suspected Yoruba Nation agitators invade Oyo Secretariat
While some were said to have manned the entrance to the Governor’s office gate, others were seen at the entrance to the House of Assembly Gate with some others at the main entrance.
Tear gas were also said to have been fired with the situation sending panic to residents around the axis.Road users enroute Secretariat diverted along Customs Junction as the Secretariat-Queen Elizabeth Road was cut off traffic. But the arrival of military officers from the 2nd Division of the Army about an hour later was said to have changed the narrative with some of the agitators at the entrance gate taking to their heels.Shop owners, business and residents around Bodija, Ikolaba, enroute Awolowo quickly locked up their shops and doors..
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